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FMI Welcomes ROFDA Members, Advancing a Shared Vision for Stronger Wholesale-Retail Partnerships
FMI – The Food Industry Association (FMI) today announces that members of the Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates (ROFDA) – Affiliated Foods, AG Northeast, Certco, and Piggly Wiggly Alabama Distribution Company – have joined FMI, strengthening opportunities to serve its community through greater collaboration and shared insights. These members join existing FMI-ROFDA members, Associated Food Stores, Associated Grocers (LA), Associated Wholesale Grocers, Brookshire Bros. and URM Stores.
The addition of these ROFDA members comes as FMI and its wholesale leaders have examined five key strategies...
Andrews Meat Industries Acquires Prime Cut Meats to Boost Turnover and Expand Distribution
Andrews Meat Industries (AMI), part of the JBS Australia food group, has acquired Queensland-based foodservice wholesaler Prime Cut Meats (PCM). This strategic acquisition is expected to increase AMI's turnover to over $650 million in the coming financial year.
Both family-managed businesses, AMI and PCM, share a commitment to quality and service, making this partnership a natural fit. AMI CEO Peter Andrews expressed confidence that the acquisition will augment PCM's reputation and enhance distribution capabilities in Queensland...
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